Lark Books to close offices in Asheville

Craft publisher's exit lamented

9:46 PM,
Feb. 19, 2014

Sterling Publishing Co., the owner of Asheville's Lark Books, has announced it will be closing Lark's Asheville offices and moving operations to New York City. This stack of Lark books was photographed at Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe in downtown Asheville on Wednesday.

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Lark Books' Asheville chapter is expected to end in 60 days. On Wednesday, a spokesperson confirmed that the landmark craft publishing house, founded here 35 years ago, will close its offices in downtown Asheville and move into parent Sterling Publishing Co.'s New York office.

"Sterling Publishing is consolidating the operations of its Lark Books craft imprint into the New York office, effective Feb. 19," said Mary Ellen Keating, spokesperson for Barnes & Noble - which owns Sterling - in an email. "As part of the consolidation, Sterling will close the Lark office in Asheville."